=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man.7,v retrieving revision 1.69 retrieving revision 1.74 diff -u -p -r1.69 -r1.74 --- mandoc/man.7 2010/05/12 17:08:03 1.69 +++ mandoc/man.7 2010/05/26 14:03:54 1.74 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.69 2010/05/12 17:08:03 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.74 2010/05/26 14:03:54 kristaps Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: May 12 2010 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: May 26 2010 $ .Dt MAN 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -216,8 +216,13 @@ literal text. When composing a manual, make sure that your sentences end at the end of a line. By doing so, front-ends will be able to apply the proper amount of -spacing after the end of sentence (unescaped) period, exclamation, or question -mark. +spacing after the end of sentence (unescaped) period, exclamation mark, +or question mark followed by zero or more non-sentence closing +delimiters ( +.Ns Sq \&) , +.Sq \&] , +.Sq \&' , +.Sq \&" ) . .Sh MANUAL STRUCTURE Each .Nm @@ -429,6 +434,7 @@ The syntax is as follows: .Pp .Bl -column -compact -offset indent "MacroX" "ArgumentsX" "ScopeXXXXX" "CompatX" .It Em Macro Ta Em Arguments Ta Em Scope Ta Em Notes +.It Sx \&AT Ta <=1 Ta current Ta \& .It Sx \&B Ta n Ta next-line Ta \& .It Sx \&BI Ta n Ta current Ta \& .It Sx \&BR Ta n Ta current Ta \& @@ -443,7 +449,7 @@ The syntax is as follows: .It Sx \&SB Ta n Ta next-line Ta \& .It Sx \&SM Ta n Ta next-line Ta \& .It Sx \&TH Ta >1, <6 Ta current Ta \& -.\" .It Sx \&UC Ta n Ta current Ta compat +.It Sx \&UC Ta <=1 Ta current Ta \& .It Sx \&br Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat .It Sx \&fi Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat .It Sx \&i Ta n Ta current Ta compat @@ -451,7 +457,7 @@ The syntax is as follows: .It Sx \&nf Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat .It Sx \&r Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat .It Sx \&sp Ta 1 Ta current Ta compat -.\" .It Sx \&Sp Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat +.\" .It Sx \&Sp Ta <1 Ta current Ta compat .\" .It Sx \&Vb Ta <1 Ta current Ta compat .\" .It Sx \&Ve Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat .El @@ -524,6 +530,11 @@ This section is a canonical reference to all macros, a alphabetically. For the scoping of individual macros, see .Sx MACRO SYNTAX . +.Ss \&AT +Sets the volume for the footer for compatibility with man pages from +.Tn AT&T UNIX +releases. +The optional arguments specify which release it is from. .Ss \&B Text is rendered in bold face. .Pp @@ -798,8 +809,9 @@ arguments must be provided. The .Cm date argument should be formatted as described in -.Sx Dates : -if it does not conform, the current date is used instead. +.Sx Dates , +but will be printed verbatim if it is not. +If the date is not specified, the current date is used. The .Cm source string specifies the organisation providing the utility. @@ -842,8 +854,10 @@ and .\" Has no effect. Included for compatibility. .\" . .\" . -.\" .Ss \&UC -.\" Has no effect. Included for compatibility. +.Ss \&UC +Sets the volume for the footer for compatibility with man pages from +BSD releases. +The optional first argument specifies which release it is from. .Ss \&br Breaks the current line. Consecutive invocations have no further effect.